tiredretired
The Old Salt
Picked up a used ASUS Netbook Laptop for 20 bucks. It has an Intel Atom processor, 2 gigs of RAM. The hardware is great. Looks to be hardly used.
The owner says it is infected with viruses and malware, so I restored it back to the original configuration and it runs great. Windows XP Home Service Pack 3.
However, I bought this with every intention of installing Ubuntu Version 14 on it .
So, I downloaded Ubuntu from their web site as an .iso disc image. Then used a software to create a bootable USB stick. The reason I used USB is because the ASUS has not CD ROM drive.
However, the bios in the ASUS will not permit it to boot from USB. I have tried everything I can think of, but no go. A google confirmed for me that indeed this netbook will not boot from USB.
Anyone with any thoughts?
The owner says it is infected with viruses and malware, so I restored it back to the original configuration and it runs great. Windows XP Home Service Pack 3.
However, I bought this with every intention of installing Ubuntu Version 14 on it .
So, I downloaded Ubuntu from their web site as an .iso disc image. Then used a software to create a bootable USB stick. The reason I used USB is because the ASUS has not CD ROM drive.
However, the bios in the ASUS will not permit it to boot from USB. I have tried everything I can think of, but no go. A google confirmed for me that indeed this netbook will not boot from USB.
Anyone with any thoughts?